AREA AND POPULATION.

723

Occupation

Number

Percentage

Agricultural, pastoral, and horticultural

23,135

1824

Commerce, trade, and manufactures

13,899

10-96

Domestic servants .....

5,617

4-43

Labourers (branch undefined)

3,306

260

Mining

1,908

1-50

Learned professions ....

1,320

1-05

General and local government

822

•65

Maintained at public cost

417

•33

Independent means

.229

•18

Miscellaneous pursuits .

170

■13

Residue, including females and children Total

76,007

59-93

126,830

100 I

The following was the origin of the population according to the census of April 8, 1861: —

Origin

Males

Females

Total

British Possessions : —

South Australia .

24,388

24,225

48,613

Victoria

353

334

687

New South Wales

253

254

507

Other British Possessions .

751

664

1,415

England and Wales

24,015

20,828

44,843

Scotland ....

3,971

3,678

7,649

Ireland ....

5,408

7,286

12,694

Foreign countries : —

France ....

78

45

123

Germany ....

4,879

3,984

8,863

China .....

39

1

40

Other foreign countries

562

163

725

Born at sea ....

281

281

562

Unspecified .... Total

70

39

109

65,048

61,782

126,830

The following statement gives the religious division of the in- habitants of the colony, according to a semi-official enumeration of the year 1861 : —

Church of England Roman Catholics . Wesleyan Methodists

German Lutherans Independents Church of Scotland Bible Christians .

Number

Percentage

43,587

36948

15,594

13-219

14,322

12141

11,235

9-524

6,268

5314

4,821

4086

4,216

3556

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